Research Professional Cyber Immune Security

Why this role matters

This is a technical expert role in Research and Network Strategy where the individual will apply their key expertise within a clearly defined sphere of technical knowledge to complex business issues or opportunities. The role holder actively engages with colleagues to progress new research in important technical topics and supports the realisation of business value from research and innovation outputs.

You'll have the following responsibilities

•    Technical expert responsible for maintaining expertise in a specific technical domain.
•    Responsible for intellectual property creation, contributing to patent filing with their team and supporting IPR exploitation where appropriate
•    Accountable for performing research in a specific domain (i.e. Cyber Immune Security) or area that is typically unknown, complex, high impact and high value across multiple domains.
•    Responsible for authoring technical papers, capturing intellectual property 
•    Responsible for developing novel research work and contributing towards recommendations for future research projects.
 

You'll have the following skills and experience

Skills

•    Technical domain expert: Technical or domain expertise. They continually develop their expertise in a key technical area so they are recognised as a technical expert in that domain
•    Qualifications: Strong academic record in technology specialism, qualified to degree level and may hold a post-graduate qualification
•    Expert communicator: Presents to peers and managers about their research and area of technical expertise
•    Experienced in open innovation: Contributes to creation of patents, technical publications, conference presentations etc.
•    Concept Evaluation: ability to spot relevant innovations, horizon scanning, determine relevance for the business, develop an effective conceptualisation and build trials to test the concept

Experience

Describe the experience that an individual in this role is likely to have.
•    Technical domain practitioner : evidence of sufficient knowledge and skill relevant to Cyber Immune Security, including:
Network security & automation
Cryptography and future cryptography
Security protocols
Software development
(MANDATORY)
•    Significant delivery: evidence of business impact through contribution to delivery of research (MANDATORY)
•    Stakeholder management: evidence of managing project tasks within local team. (MANDATORY)
•    Innovative Thinker: ability to spot and identify new innovations and act to bring them in and capitalise and create value (MANDATORY)
•    Commercial Applicability: understanding the business opportunity and potential value around relevant innovations (MANDATORY)
•    Problem solving, intellectually curious, comfortable taking ownership and responsibility
•    Self-starter, proactively working with minimal guidance
 

Benefits

•    Competitive salary
•    10% on target bonus
•    BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
•    25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
•    Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
•    World-class training and development opportunities
•    Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.
•    Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
•    Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding. 

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.  

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.